The East Shore of Kootenay Lake will be alive with educational opportunities to stimulate the senses this summer with three weeks of classes for the whole family.
“The East Shore of Kootenay Lake is a spectacular setting, and in the summertime we have many part-time residents and visitors.” said Laverne Booth, the Selkirk College community education and workplace training (CEWT) program co-ordinator based out of Crawford Bay. “Grand-parents. children, families and individuals will all find a place to get inspired in the three week art and language programs. “
The camps get underway July 21 with the four-day Shokunin camp. Included in the choices are creative writing with Luanne Armstrong, spontaneous art with Zora Doval, historical writing with Sean Arthur Joyce, popular theatre with Lucas Myers and Krista Lynch, nature photography with Jim Lawrence, music and sound with Greg Lostracco, and visionary painting with Danielle Tonossi.
Bringing a family? Parents can sign their children up for the Kids SMART (Science Movement and Art) Camp which runs simultaneously with Shokunin. Children between the ages of six and 12 will have the chance to take part in a variety of activities with art educator Rielle Oswald.
The last week of July switches gears to the Medley Arts Camp, an opportunity for families to explore a number of options together or select individual pursuits. Courses include harmonic voice, children’s choir and theatricks with Bessie Wapp; dance fusion, hip hop, jazz and party dance with Slava Doval; samba band and ukulele with Ben Johnson; guitar basic and adult basics with Rita Deane; landscape painting with Shirley Wyngaard; art stations and youth art with Rielle Oswald; marimbas and ukulele intro with Jacqueline Wedge; visionary art with Zora Doval; and Kindermusik with Ellie Reynolds.
“We believe that great holidays can happen close to home, and we invite families from the region to join us to camp, stay at one of our guest houses or visit friends,” says organizer Lorna Robin.
From Aug. 4-7, the Global Gesture Language Camp takes over. Open to all ages, small family groupings will take part in language immersion in French, German or Spanish with a range of activities such as cooking, community explorations and signing in world sign language. The Worldsign Communication Society will teach each language group to sign songs in their language and lead them to share the songs and learning at a campfire windup celebration on the last day.
For more information, visit www.eslearninghub.ca and www.medleyartscamp.ca.
—EAST SHORE LEARNING HUB